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Sterling Allen Brown

1901–1989

United States

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Sterling Allen Brown (May 1, 1901 – January 13, 1989) was an American professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the southern United States and was a professor at Howard University for most of his career. Brown was the first poet laureate of the District of Columbia.

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